bakoŋa water plant which grows on riverbanks and often right out into the river so that in stronger currents entire islands of them are flushed out. The stem is eaten; the long wide leaves are used as talusoŋ (torch material)
(PAN: *bakuŋ₁)

balailarge, open building, either entirely without walls or with 2-3 foot high walls. In Pulopetak these are built only when one holds a death feast. Further inland every village has its balai, where games are played, where community gatherings and the discussion of legal matters take place, and where visitors find lodging
(PMP: *balay)

bintaŋstar. The Dayaks have no astronomy, and no astrology. They name only a few stars: bintaŋ timor 'Mars', bintaŋ sawah 'Venus as Morning Star', bintaŋ maliŋ '("death star") Venus as Evening Star'
(LOAN)

biñiseed rice, rice used for planting (used only of rice, for other crops: tumbon)
(PMP: *binehiq)
*bineSiq

bunoblood feud (in which one avenges a previous murder by the other side); traditionally such feuds passed on to the children of one's children, until they finally were ended by a great basara, investigation
(PMP: *bunuq₂)
*buNuq₂

bunottree with very thick trunk, bearing an edible ridged, green, sour fruit the size of a fist
(PWMP: *bunut₂)

buntala cartilaginous fish (without bones) which can inflate itself into a globe; it is edible, but the gall can be fatal
(PMP: *buntal)

hampelasgeneric for trees and vines the dried leaves of which are very sharp and rough, and are so used by the Dayaks to sand or polish woodwork, knife handles, etc.
(PMP: *qampelas)

hampelasgeneric for trees and creepers with leaves that when dried are very sharp, coarse and tough, so that they are used by the Dayaks for sanding woodwork, darts, knife handles, etc.
(PMP: *qa(m)pelas)
*qapelas

ja-jukoŋa dugout made from a tree trunk and tapered at both front and back
(LOAN)

jariŋa 100-300 foot long cord from which a quantity of nooses are hung down to the near ground level, and into which wild animals are driven with the help of hunting dogs
(PMP: *zariŋ)

jawæa plant resembling sugarcane but smaller, only about one finger thick, with many stalks that support grain in a black hull; the curved grains are somewhat smaller than rice grains, and are eaten cooked, having a taste somewhat like rice, but greasier; in central Borneo jawæ is often planted as a substitute for rice
(PAN: *zawa₂)

kala-papatree with durable wood used for knife handles, rudders, etc.; the long-burning coals are used in the smelting of gold and copper, and the young leaves as a simple in the treatment of eye inflammations
(PMP: *pa(m)pa)

palaŋkaframe in the form of a bedstead decorated with carved designs, esp. of birds on which offerings to the spirits are placed; also a framework in the front of a boat where the leader of a war party sits
(LOAN)

sawarscattered, of seeds that are planted in the holes made with a dibble stick
(NOISE)

sawutthe fibrous material found around coconuts and areca nuts, used in scrubbing, kindling fires, etc.; also the fibrous material found around the single large seed of some fruits (as mangos)
(PWMP: *sabut)

tuwæname of two types of creepers, the t. apoh with broad leaves, and the t. rurok with narrow leaves; the pounded roots are placed in a large pot of water and allowed to sit for awhile, and the mixture is then poured into a small stream that has been closed off at one end; about an hour later all the fish float to the surface in a torpid state so that they can easily be caught by hand; many of these fish die, but they can nevertheless be eaten without ill effect to people
(PAN: *tuba)

gaia branching plant, shrub or tree, i.e. balsam, croton, and banyan are all gai, but not a palm or coconut; wood, timber; firewood; stem or handle of an axe, pipe, etc. (not basket); prefix to names of plants or trees
(POC: *kayu)
*kaSiw

aparticle used in the following cases: 1. before pronouns (except au), personal names, or local nouns when they are the subject of an intransitive verb; 2. before pronouns, personal nouns and names of months when they follow the prepositions ki and i; 3. before a common noun following (but not preceding) a possessive pronoun; 4. before a demonstrative pronoun drawing attention to a noun associated with an indefinite article and an adjective; 5. after falu (some), a is used in place of the ordinary article, either singular or plural
(PMP: *a₁)

aia particle used in the following ways: 1. after verbs to show that what has happened, or is to happen, is the result, consequence, or intention of what has gone before, 2. to indicate a relative clause, frequently giving a verb a passive sense, 3. with the prepositions i and aki to refer to a thing or place already mentioned
(POC: *ai₁)

talothe taro plant (Colocasia esculenta). Five groups are recognized, each with many varieties, the groups being distinguished according to differences in color and the marking of the petioles, or leaf stalks
(POC: *talos)
*tales

authe generic term for the major types of currents in the open sea
(PMP: *qaRus)

babalevel (not bumpy); any sort of flat base (esp. the board on which mats are plaited), the consolidated reef under water or sand; the back of a human; the shell of a turtle, crab, etc
(POC: *baban)
*papan

urbreadfruit tree and fruit, Artocarpus communis; the fruit is prepared for eating in various ways; the young leaves are eaten as vegetables, and the trunk is hollowed out as a canoe hull
(PMP: *kuluR)